Steve Prefontaine
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Steve Roland Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters from a period of 1973 to 1975. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olymp
Prefontaine running race in 1973
Prefontaine at Oregon
Prefontaine signing a child's arm, c. 1975.
Pre's Rock in 2007
Frank Shorter
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Frank Charles Shorter is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic succes
Steve Prefontaine
…he was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his death in 1975. Prefontaine's career, alongside those of Jim Ryun, Frank Shorter, and Bill Rodgers, generated considerable media coverage, which helped inspire the 1970s "running boom". He was killed in an automobile crash near his…
Shorter in 2002
Shorter (left) running 10,000 m at the 1972 Olympics, stamp of Umm al-Quwain